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Assistant Professor, Neuroscience


Academic Office Location: Neuroscience UConn Health 263 Farmington Avenue Farmington, CT 06030
Website(s):	Neuroscience C. elegans Neurobiology Lab

Education

Degree	Institution	Major
M.S.	Shanxi Medical University	Pharmacology
Ph.D.	Shanxi Medical University	Physiology

Degree

Institution

Major

M.S.

Shanxi Medical University

Pharmacology

Ph.D.

Shanxi Medical University

Physiology

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
Department of Education in Shanxi
Science Association of Shanxi Province
Scholarship of Master College in Shanxi Medical University
Shanxi Medical University (1999, 2000)

Name of Award/Honor

Awarding Organization

Department of Education in Shanxi

Science Association of Shanxi Province

Scholarship of Master College in Shanxi Medical University

Shanxi Medical University (1999, 2000)

Channel-independent function of UNC-9/Innexin in spatial arrangement of GABAergic synapses in <i>C. elegans</i>.
Hendi, Ardalan; Niu, Long-Gang; Snow, Andrew William; Ikegami, Richard; Wang, Zhao-Wen; Mizumoto, Kota eLife 2022 Nov;11
Melatonin promotes sleep by activating the BK channel in C. elegans.
Niu, Longgang; Li, Yan; Zong, Pengyu; Liu, Ping; Shui, Yuan; Chen, Bojun; Wang, Zhao-Wen Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2020 Oct;117(40):25128-25137
Slo2 potassium channel function depends on RNA editing-regulated expression of a SCYL1 protein.
Niu, Long-Gang; Liu, Ping; Wang, Zhao-Wen; Chen, Bojun eLife 2020 Apr;9
BKIP-1, an auxiliary subunit critical to SLO-1 function, inhibits SLO-2 potassium channel in vivo.
Niu, Long-Gang; Liu, Ping; Shui, Yuan; Mailler, Roger; Wang, Zhao-Wen; Chen, Bojun Scientific reports 2017 Dec;7(1):17843